TSO Kwong arrived in Victoria, B.C. in 1912 with exception from paying the head tax to enter Canada.

However, by 1924, the 37-year-old was considered a labourer. He was residing c/o Law Yuen Sang Co. on Cormorant Street and had a wife, three sons and a daughter in China.

TSENG Yook Lahn wed LUM Joe Ming in China in 1929 through an arranged marriage by his parents. Ming was visiting from Canada where he had immigrated in 1922 to join his brothers.

Canada's Chinese Exclusion Act was in force; Yook Lahn would remain in China, living with her in-laws as Ming returned to Canada. The couple would be separated for a decade.

In 1940, Yook Lahn joined Ming in Canada as a ‘paper daughter’ under the assumed identity of Irene Wong of Victoria, B.C. Yook Lahn departed on one of the last boats leaving Hong Kong harbour before the Japanese captured the city.

In Canada, Yook Lahn joined her husband in his family's business in Vancouver; Canada Produce was a small grocery store and supplier of potatoes for White Spot's famous french fries. Their son, Raymond, would also work in the company.

Yook Lahn's husband Ming passed away unexpectedly of an aneurysm in 1987.

Joseph William Trutch was born in England in 1826, the son of William Trutch and Charlotte Hannah (Barnes). He was one of five children. The other children were Caroline Agnes (Trutch) OReilly, John Trutch, Charlotte Barnes (Trutch) Davey and Emily (Trutch) Pinder White. After apprenticing as an engineer, he traveled to the United States in 1849, going first to California and then to Oregon where he was the assistant to John Preston, Oregons first Surveyor General. He married Prestons sister in law, Julia Hyde, in 1855 and they settled in Illinois. Following the discovery of gold in British Columbia, Trutch decided to move to that colony, where his brother John, also an engineer, had already settled. Trutch arrived in British Columbia in June 1859. He was awarded contracts to survey rural lands and for the construction of sections of the Harrison Lillooet road and, in 1862, for the construction of the section of the Cariboo Road between Chapmans Bar and Boston Bar. That contract included the construction of the Alexandra Suspension Bridge. Trutch was elected a member of the Vancouver Island House of Assembly in 1861. In 1864, he was named Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia. He was made an appointed member of the Legislative Council of the United Colony and advised Governor Seymour on Indian matters, accompanying him on the trip to Metlakatla in 1869 on which Seymour died. He was appointed a member of the delegation sent from British Columbia to Ottawa to negotiate the terms of confederation. When British Columbia joined Canada on July 20, 1871, Trutch was appointed the provinces first Lieutenant Governor (1871-1876). In 1880, Trutch was appointed dominion agent in British Columbia with responsibility for railway matters and for providing advice on Indian matters to the federal government. In 1889, he retired to England and was knighted. Julia (Hyde) and Joseph Trutch were members of the Victorias social elite and were connected through family ties and friendship with other members of that group. Trutchs sister, Caroline Agnes Trutch, married Peter OReilly in 1863. His brother John, a civil engineer and surveyor who had followed Trutch to North America, married Governor Anthony Musgraves sister, Zoe, in 1870. Trutch had also been at school in England with H.P.P. Crease. Lady Trutch died in Victoria on July 16th, 1895 and Sir Joseph Trutch died in Somerset, England, on March 4, 1904.

F.W. Trounce was an American photographer who relocated to Vancouver in the 1920s.

TRIUMF (TRI-University Meson Facility) is Canada's particle accelerator centre. It began as a consortium of three universities, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and Victoria. This consortium has continued to grow and today is over 20 members strong. TRIUMF affords infrastructure and tools that are too expensive for a single institution to provide.

Residing on the southern side of the Vancouver UBC Campus, TRIUMF houses the world’s largest cyclotron which has a source of 520 MeV protons on its 12.55 acre site. The cyclotron attracts scientists and researchers from around the world who focus on particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear medicine, materials science, and detector and accelerator development. On-site, TRIUMF has a team of over 500 scientists, engineers, tradespeople, administrative staff, postdoctoral fellows, undergraduate, and graduate students. Since its inception, TRIUMF has been instrumental in the development of PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanners and radiotracers, and ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). TRIUMF, and its researchers, have also received many important designations, and accolades since its formation. Moving forward, TRIUMF plans to explore questions in the areas of Rare-Isotope Beams, Particle Physics, Nuclear Medicine, Molecular and Materials Science, Accelerator Physics, Particle and Nuclear Physics Theory, and Detector Development. Ultimately, the ongoing pure research will be in subatomic physics which will lay the foundation for further advances in health, science, innovation, and future commercial success for Canadians.

The Transportation Employees Canadian Union traces its roots to the Brotherhood of Railway Running Trades Union which was registered in 1959 but changed its name to the TECU in 1971. The Union unsuccessfully sought to represent the members of all the running trades of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways. Its first president, Leslie N. Falle, attempted to separate the union from international control and to bring the existing 17 unions under a single charter. When it failed in that goal, the union ceased operations in the 1970s.

Transport Labour Relations or TLR was a management bargaining agency formed to provide labour relations services to employers in British Columbia. It was an accredited employers' association governed by B.C.'s Labour Code. Originally incorporated in 1960 as the Automotive Transport Labour Relations Association, the association was renamed Transport Labour Relations in 1971. Thirteen years later in 1984 the association was dissolved.

As stated in its constitution, TLR was created to negotiate and conclude labour agreements with trade unions or other labour organizations. In order to carry out this mandate it formulated policies with respect to labour relations, collected information on matters pertaining to labour relations on behalf of its members, assisted and advised its members on matters pertaining to labour relations, processed grievances and arbitrations on behalf of its members where the dispute was of industry-wide importance and initiated and maintained liaison with other industries and employers' associations.

TLR at one time represented over 170 members ranging from major transportation companies to building supply stores and propane distributors. Its particular expertise was in negotiations with B.C.'s fifth largest union - the Teamsters. It negotiated and administered nine industry wide collective agreements with the Teamsters and two smaller agreements with the Machinists and the Operating Engineers covering small groups of employees in some of their member companies.

An elected Board of Directors governed the TLR. Each member of the Board was a volunteer drawn from the various industry groupings. The Board met every two months to set direction, goals and policy. Day to day operations were under the direction of the General Manager. The first president of TLR was E.A. Tilton, succeeding ATLRA Mal Pringle. The first chief negotiator was Carl Ansheim, followed by Dave Chapman, Ken Albertini and David Thomas as President and Chief Negotiator. Vern Kross was the last president of TLR.

The Trans-Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS), formerly the Tibetan Refugee Aid Society, is a not-for-profit international development organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. TRAS was founded by author George Woodcock and his wife and Inge after they visited India and met His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in the 1960s. TRAS became an official Society of British Columbia in 1962.
Originally, TRAS operated under the following administrative structure. The position of Chairman was a honourary appointment. The Vice-Chairman was responsible for administration including the general running of the entire operation. There was also a Board of Directors which conferred with the Vice-Chairman on all aspects of the running of the Society. All of these persons were volunteers. Professor George Woodcock was the Vice-Chairman of TRAS from 1962-1970. Professor John Conway was then Vice-Chairman from 1971-1981. When Professor Conway resigned from the position of Vice-Chairman, the Society decided that the office work was too much for volunteers and a professional secretary was hired to run the office. The name of the Society was officially changed on May 14, 1990 to the Trans-Himalayan Aid Society. The original acronym, TRAS, remained the same.
In 1970, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) agreed to provide the organization with matching funds. Realizing that Tibetan refugees would not be leaving India anytime soon, TRAS expanded its scope of activities to help adults and children cope on a longer-term basis. As Tibetan settlements reached self-sufficiency the organization extended its reach into the trans-Himalayan region. TRAS works with partner agencies and individuals in India, Nepal, and Tibet to identify communities in need. Proposals come from partner organizations to TRAS’ Board of Directors. The Board of Directors decides which projects to raise and distribute funds for; funds are raised through individual donations and fundraising events. Partners are responsible for implementing their own projects. Areas of work include: education campaigns; building settlements, schools and homes for children and elderly; vocational training; environmental, agricultural and health programs; and the preservation of arts and culture.
Sources:
Trans-Himalayan Aid Society. http://www.tras.ca (accessed March 13, 2010).

Originally established as a Canadian branch of the Pacific Coast Labour Bureau in 1938, the Trade Union Research Bureau (TURB) was re-organized in 1946 as an independent, locally-owned company. As an independent labour research organization, TURB has served Western Canadian trade unions for many years.